Biology Coursebook - Digital

This comprehensive full year lab course introduces students to modern biology. Students will be actively engaged through textbook readings, exploring current research and events, conducting research projects, analyzing and interpreting data, developing creative projects, and conducting lab experiments. Scientific reasoning and critical thinking skills will be developed throughout, with an expanded focus on scientific inquiry, requiring students to ask questions and construct explanations. The course also emphasizes communicating ideas both verbally and in writing, and practicing scientific argumentation among peers and adults.

Course topics include:

cell structure and growth

genetics

biotechnology

evolution

ecology

classification

plant life cycles

animal biology

plant biology

human biological systems

This course is designed to be used in conjunction with the following materials (available as a separate purchase):Holt Biology (2015)Oak Meadow Biology Lab Kit